Dark Chocolate Sea Salt Cookies

Written By Maegan Traynom

Rich, chewy, & decadent – these dark chocolate sea salt cookies are next level! This is the perfect chocolate chip cookie with a little extra magic.

While I do consider myself a sugar cookie master, perfecting the chocolate chip cookie has been a bit more of a challenge. I’ve played around with this recipe a lot to get the perfect balance of sweet and salty, and chewy with a slightly crispy edge. The result is a delicious marriage of of rich dark chocolate, sweet brown sugar and vanilla, and a sprinkle of salt to finish it off. Pairs well with coffee!

Let’s get to baking!

Ingredients

1 cup butter, room temperature

3/4 cup sugar

3/4 cup brown sugar

1 egg

1.5 tbsp vanilla

1 tsp cornstarch

1 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

2 1/4 cups flour

3/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

3/4 cup dark chocolate chunks

Instructions

1. Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees
2. Cream together butter and sugars until light and fluffy
3. Add in egg and vanilla, mix until combined
4. In a separate bowl, combine all dry ingredients
5. Slowly add the dry ingredients into the butter mixture, mix until just combined. Do not overmix!
6. Fold in chocolate chips
7. Scoop & bake for 8 minutes, edged should just be lightly golden. Do not overbake! The cookies will continue to bake on the hot baking sheet as they cool
8. While cookies are still warm, top with a sprinkle of flaky sea salt.
9. Enjoy!

Be sure to let me know if you try these and what you think! I would love to hear your feedback!

Dark Chocolate Sea Salt Cookies

Recipe by MaeganCourse: DessertDifficulty: Easy

Servings

30

servings

Prep time

15

minutes

Cooking time

8

minutes

Ingredients

• -1 cup butter

• -3/4 cup granulated sugar

• -3/4 cup brown sugar

• -1 egg

• -1 tbsp vanilla extract

• -1 tsp baking soda

• -1 tsp cornstarch

• -1/2 tsp salt

• -2 1/4 cups flour

• -1.5 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips, plus a few extra for topping!

Directions

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Cream together butter with sugars.
• Add egg & vanilla, mix until combined.
• Mix your dry ingredients together in a separate bowl and add them into your butter and sugar mixture. Mix until just combined. Do not overmix! Overmixing can cause cookies to become dense and flat when baking.
• Fold in your chocolate chips.
• Scoop onto your cookie sheet. I like to add a few extra chocolate chips to the top! It makes them look pretty after baking. Bake for 7-8 minutes. These cookies will look under-baked when you first pull them out of the oven – trust the process! They will continue to cook a little and set as they rest on the pan.
• Allow them to rest for 10 minutes before transferring them to a wire cooling rack.